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Science Project:
ECO System Suburbia;
Woodville High School Garden
By Troy Stanway, Sean Dixon,
Alexander Do & Alex Dankiewicz
The Woodville High School garden is a rich and vibrant ecosystem. There are lots of habitats and millions of animals. It would be nearly impossible to include all animals in a report because; some animals are seasonal, some are nocturnal and some are just hidden or are hard to find. The garden serves many purposes; the students of Woodville high use it as a learning tool with many different subjects, Food is grown and the most important purpose is a place for lots of animals to live in. If the garden were to be demolished, it would be a catastrophic loss; animals would have no home or food source and then many animals would die.
Pond The pond is home to many different animals. Under the water and around the banks of the pond grow plants and that is where animals live. The main animals that live in the Pond are tadpoles and frogs as well as other microscopic organisms and other life forms like algae. The Eastern Banjo Frog and Eastern Banjo Tadpoles are the main animals that live in the pond.
Eastern Banjo Tadpole
Pond Diagram
Eastern Banjo Frog
Web Webs are very unique places to live or die. Spiders spin webs using their abdomen, which produces silk webs. They spin webs from one object to another and then create a pattern web between both objects. The silk is very sticky to another organism and almost certainly traps them on the web; this is how to spider catches it prey. The flies and insect fly into or get stuck on the web, then the spider moves quickly across the web and spins the prey up in silk and leaves them on the web to die. Later the spider comes back and eats the prey or it leaves it for later. Spiders
are the only animal that lives in a web, others may visit the web but soon die. Spiders found in the garden are primarily Golden silk orb-weaver spiders.
Web Diagram
Spider in a Web
Chicken Coop The chicken coop is where the chickens live. The chicken coop has a enclosed area with a door for the chickens to sleep and lay eggs in. The second area is an open air compound surrounded by mesh chicken wire. This area is where the chickens get fed and spend most of there time. The chicken coop can get quite muddy when it rains and then the chickens go into the enclosed area.
Garden Chicken Coop
Chicken Coop Diagram
Chickens in the Coop
Garden Bed Garden beds are home to millions of animals; some live there and some come and go as they please. The plants are grown in the garden beds, some animals live in the plants and some live in the soil in the garden beds. Some of the common animals living in the garden beds include; Ants, Moths, Butterflies, Bees, Spiders, Millipede, Snails, Slugs, Lizards, Centipedes and Worms. The Garden beds mostly consist of soil, plants and decaying plant and animal matter.
Strawberry Garden Bed
Garden Bed Diagram
White Ants in Garden Bed
Trees There are several trees in the garden including; Banana Tree. Trees are a safe place to live and are very robust against wind and rain. Trees can fall over, but it is very unlikely. There is also a risk of a lighting strike, but again it is not common. Trees are a high, green and safe place to live for any animal. Common animals you will find living in the trees in the garden are; Spiders, Butterflies, Parrots and other birds.
Banana Tree
Tree Diagram
Spider's Web in a Tree
Ground and Grass Not many animals accually live on the ground or in grass. Most of them accually only pass though these areas or go there searching for food. Ants, Beetles, Pray Mantis, Grasshoppers, Crickets and other small insects and bugs are the only real animals the live or search for food in grass and on the general term 'Ground'. Larger animals like Dogs, Cats, Horses and Cows live and play on grass; but these animals do not live in the garden. Worms live under the grass and in the ground as well. Really the grass is a communial place where animals go searching for food, the same can be for the ground.
Cricket on Concrete
Grass and Ground Diagram
Ants on Paving
Compost Heap There are millions of organisms living in a compost heap. Worms, Bettles, Flies, Ants and lots of other bugs live in a compost heap; there even may be rats or mice visiting the heap for food. So many animals live in a compost heap and collect food from it, it's actually impossible to document what animals do, because there are so many and that sometimes they hide or go home. Compost heaps are primarily for making compost, which is a very rich and fertile fertilizer. Worms break down garden waste and kitchen scraps, which are primarily vegetables or other organic material with the help from other animals to create compost. Compost heaps are very busy and crowded places with millions of organisms working together.
Compost Station at Rear of Garden
Compost Heap Diagram
Compost Station and Water Tanks at Rear of Garden
Undergound Underground is another place where millions of orgainsims live. Primarily Ants and Worms are the only animals that live undergound in the garden; but there are lots more organisms that live underground all over the world. Ants live in colonies underneath anthills and worms live anywhere in damp, wet soil. Beetles and other small bugs also live underground, as they say is a whole new, unexplored world under there!
Ant Colony at Base of Strawberry Garden Bed
Underground / Ant Colony Diagram
Ant Colony in the Ground
Hive Hives are where wasps and bees live. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers and other plants and then take it back to the hive, where they make honey or use it too feed each other. Honey is then harvested by humans and then bottled and sold in shops. There is not a hive in the garden that we know of; but nearby there is, because of the amount of bees in the garden.
Beehive in Tree
Bees suckling Lavender
Hive Diagram
Bees suckling Lavender
Flowers Another habitat that has not many residents, Flowers are usally are soruce of food for most animals. Bees and wasps especially use flowers for harvesting pollen and nectar to in turn make honey. Parrots, Honeyeaters and other birds collect pollen, nectar and seeds from flowers for food as well. Sunflowers are especially popular for seed collecting. Some flowers however die, which leave some animals with no food, but soon they find more flowers, a different food source or they flowers eventually regrow.
Sunflower
Flower Diagram
Pink Flowers
Animals in the Garden:
We have anayled the animals in the garden and grouped them in to poducers and consumers. Most of the animals in the garden are listed
below, but there could be more that are not here, it is impossible to list all of the animals. We have included a food web and some diagrams
of some animals.
Food Webs: Table of Animal Classification:
Organism / Plant
Producer
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Chicken
Yes
Yes
Yes
White Moth
Yes
Butterfly
Yes
Ant
Yes
Yes
Yes
White Ants
Yes
Bumble Bee
Yes
Honey Bee
Yes
Spider
Yes
Millipeed
Yes
Frog
Yes
Yes
Tadpoles
Yes
Yes
Lizard
Yes
Yes
Snail
Yes
Slug
Yes
Bettle
Yes
Yes
Parrot
Yes
Centipede
Yes
Yes
Fly
Yes
Cricket
Yes
Yes
Moth
Yes
Worm
Yes
Yes
Vegetables
Yes
Fruit
Yes
Tree
Yes
Nuts
Yes
Grains
Yes
Herbs
Yes
Flowers
Yes
Compost
Yes
Wood
Yes
Other Plants
Yes
Picture Examples:
Moth on a tub
Dead Snail getting eaten by Ants
Pumpkin in Garden Bed
Green Plants
Eggs laid by Chickens
White Moth on weeds
Completed Food Web:
Woodville High School Garden Food Web
Animal Diagrams:
Diagrams of Animals in the Garden
This page was created by:
Troy Stanway
Sean Dixon
Alexander Do
Alex Dankiewicz
You can do this by holding down Ctrl key and scrolling with the scroll wheel. Thanks Troy.
Science Project:
ECO System Suburbia;
Woodville High School Garden
By Troy Stanway, Sean Dixon,
Alexander Do & Alex Dankiewicz
include all animals in a report because; some animals are seasonal, some are nocturnal and some are just hidden or are hard to find. The garden
serves many purposes; the students of Woodville high use it as a learning tool with many different subjects, Food is grown and the most important
purpose is a place for lots of animals to live in. If the garden were to be demolished, it would be a catastrophic loss; animals would have no home or
food source and then many animals would die.
View Larger Map
View Larger Map
The pond is home to many different animals. Under the water and around the banks of the pond grow plants and that is where animals live. The main
animals that live in the Pond are tadpoles and frogs as well as other microscopic organisms and other life forms like algae. The Eastern Banjo Frog
and Eastern Banjo Tadpoles are the main animals that live in the pond.
Webs are very unique places to live or die. Spiders spin webs using their abdomen, which produces silk webs. They spin webs from one object to
another and then create a pattern web between both objects. The silk is very sticky to another organism and almost certainly traps them on the web;
this is how to spider catches it prey. The flies and insect fly into or get stuck on the web, then the spider moves quickly across the web
and spins the prey up in silk and leaves them on the web to die. Later the spider comes back and eats the prey or it leaves it for later. Spiders
are the only animal that lives in a web, others may visit the web but soon die. Spiders found in the garden are primarily Golden silk orb-weaver spiders.
The chicken coop is where the chickens live. The chicken coop has a enclosed area with a door for the chickens to sleep and lay eggs in. The
second area is an open air compound surrounded by mesh chicken wire. This area is where the chickens get fed and spend most of there time.
The chicken coop can get quite muddy when it rains and then the chickens go into the enclosed area.
Garden beds are home to millions of animals; some live there and some come and go as they please. The plants are grown in the garden beds,
some animals live in the plants and some live in the soil in the garden beds. Some of the common animals living in the garden beds include;
Ants, Moths, Butterflies, Bees, Spiders, Millipede, Snails, Slugs, Lizards, Centipedes and Worms. The Garden beds mostly consist of soil,
plants and decaying plant and animal matter.
There are several trees in the garden including; Banana Tree. Trees are a safe place to live and are very robust against wind and rain.
Trees can fall over, but it is very unlikely. There is also a risk of a lighting strike, but again it is not common. Trees are a high, green
and safe place to live for any animal. Common animals you will find living in the trees in the garden are; Spiders, Butterflies, Parrots and other birds.
Not many animals accually live on the ground or in grass. Most of them accually only pass though these areas or go there searching for food. Ants,
Beetles, Pray Mantis, Grasshoppers, Crickets and other small insects and bugs are the only real animals the live or search for food in grass and on
the general term 'Ground'. Larger animals like Dogs, Cats, Horses and Cows live and play on grass; but these animals do not live in the garden.
Worms live under the grass and in the ground as well. Really the grass is a communial place where animals go searching for food, the same can be
for the ground.
There are millions of organisms living in a compost heap. Worms, Bettles, Flies, Ants and lots of other bugs live in a compost heap; there even may be rats
or mice visiting the heap for food. So many animals live in a compost heap and collect food from it, it's actually impossible to document what animals do,
because there are so many and that sometimes they hide or go home. Compost heaps are primarily for making compost, which is a very rich and fertile
fertilizer. Worms break down garden waste and kitchen scraps, which are primarily vegetables or other organic material with the help from other animals to
create compost. Compost heaps are very busy and crowded places with millions of organisms working together.
Underground is another place where millions of orgainsims live. Primarily Ants and Worms are the only animals that live undergound in the garden; but
there are lots more organisms that live underground all over the world. Ants live in colonies underneath anthills and worms live anywhere in damp, wet soil.
Beetles and other small bugs also live underground, as they say is a whole new, unexplored world under there!
Hives are where wasps and bees live. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers and other plants and then take it back to the hive, where they make honey
or use it too feed each other. Honey is then harvested by humans and then bottled and sold in shops. There is not a hive in the garden that we know of;
but nearby there is, because of the amount of bees in the garden.
Another habitat that has not many residents, Flowers are usally are soruce of food for most animals. Bees and wasps especially use flowers for
harvesting pollen and nectar to in turn make honey. Parrots, Honeyeaters and other birds collect pollen, nectar and seeds from flowers for food
as well. Sunflowers are especially popular for seed collecting. Some flowers however die, which leave some animals with no food, but soon they
find more flowers, a different food source or they flowers eventually regrow.
Animals in the Garden:
We have anayled the animals in the garden and grouped them in to poducers and consumers. Most of the animals in the garden are listed
below, but there could be more that are not here, it is impossible to list all of the animals. We have included a food web and some diagrams
of some animals.
Food Webs:
Table of Animal Classification:
Animal Diagrams:
This page was created by:
Troy Stanway
Sean Dixon
Alexander Do
Alex Dankiewicz